Amit Shah gets home, Rajnath Singh given defence and Nirmala finance

Amit Shah is the new home minister, Rajnath Singh the new defence minister and Nirmala Sitharaman the finance minister while Jaishankar gets external affairs in the new government.

Ending all speculations on who will get which portfolio in the new government of the BJP-led NDA, the portfolio announcement came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the oath of office at Rashtrapati Bhavan.